Archive for the 'Novels' Category

Victory (Pretending that the finish line looks closer than it is)*

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Perhaps I should have noted this three weeks ago.
On February 13th, 2009, I finished the first draft of my novel, The Siege of Thaddeus Wilkes.
5 months (if you count planning and outlining, which I do), 128,000 words and 563 pages later, I have something that just might be something.
One day.
For now, I can’t really describe [...]

In Memoria Libri, Or Ding Dong The Novel Is Dead, Or What I Learned From Quitting

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

“The world’s greatest lie: At a certain point in our lives we lose control of what’s happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
On November 1st, 2007, I began two journeys.
One to write a novel, another to become a writer.
Today, one of those journeys is being laid to [...]

Opening Lines

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I love opening lines. They are the literary equivalent of a first kiss. A good one fills you with hope beyond hope of what’s to come. A bad one causes you to spend the next 24 hours rationalizing any good reason to continue.
Great opening lines draw you in. They make you want more than [...]